A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 762: The Battle for the Eldest Grandson

The train slowly pulled into Fengcheng Railway Station. The station seemed to have received the news long ago. Before the train even stopped, the stationmaster personally boarded the train and respectfully welcomed Guier off the train.

Gui'er didn't have much luggage, and Acheng could carry it all by himself, but even Dingxiang and Acheng were treated with courtesy. The stationmaster and his subordinates personally helped them carry their luggage, and bowed and scraped as they sent them to the entrance of the train station.

Dali was already waiting there with two military vehicles. He walked up to Gui'er and said with a smile, "Miss, you've had a hard journey. The young marshal was busy with official duties, so he sent me here to pick you up. The mansion has prepared a welcoming banquet and is waiting for your reply."

Guier smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Brother Dali." Then she took Jinbao's child into the car and headed towards Jiangcheng.

The journey was smooth, but Gui'er noticed that the road conditions between the train station and Fengcheng Jiangcheng seemed to have deteriorated, with the car occasionally jolting. Puzzled, she asked, "Brother Dali, wasn't my brother dedicated to building roads and bridges? These roads were already in good condition, so why do they seem to be in such bad shape now?"

Dali was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Repairing roads costs money, mainly because there are rumors everywhere that the Japanese are planning to invade at any time. The young marshal believes that repairing them will only make it easier for the Japanese to speed up their invasion, so he simply doesn't repair them. These roads are originally gravel and dirt roads. If you don't take the trouble to maintain them, after a few rains, they will basically become bumpy again."

After hearing this, Gui'er's mood suddenly became heavy.

After a bumpy journey, they finally returned to Jiangcheng. As the car arrived at the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, they saw Sha Yanxiao standing there. Except for the Marshal, all other people in the Marshal's Mansion were out in full force. Even the fifth and sixth concubines who had troubled her before pulled their children out to greet her.

Gui'er quickly got out of the car. Sha Yanxiao came up to greet her and asked, "How was it? Are you tired from the journey?"

The road was in bad condition and bumpy all the way, which was actually more tiring than before. However, with so many people coming to greet her, Gui Er was too embarrassed to tell the truth, so she smiled and said, "Not bad." Then she said to Jin Bao's son, "Cheng Gang, hurry up and call Second Uncle."

The little boy said in a polite voice, "Hello, Second Uncle." Then he bowed, obviously as if someone had taught him.

"Oh, this is the eldest son of the family. Come to Fourth Grandma, and she will give you some candy." The Fourth Concubine was always good at handling things. She went forward, hugged the little boy and gave him a kiss.

The little boy was young and it was his first time going out. After a bumpy journey, he arrived in a strange place. He encountered this situation right at the beginning. He couldn't adapt to it for a while and subconsciously stepped back and hid behind Guier.

Gui Er smiled and said, "Fourth Aunt, long time no see. Cheng Gang is going on a long trip for the first time. He must be tired after such a long train ride. Just wait for him to rest."

The fourth concubine said sensibly, "That's right. By the way, let's go and pay our respects to his grandfather first."

As they spoke, everyone came to the Marshal's main courtyard. The Marshal walked out of the bedroom with the help of his servants.

After not seeing him for a while, Guier saw that he seemed to have recovered a little and walked more steadily, but he looked very thin, with sunken cheeks and no flesh, but he looked in good spirits.

Gui'er bowed to the Marshal and said, "Father, I graduated early and came back." Then she took out her graduation certificate and presented it to the Marshal with both hands.

When the Marshal heard that it was a graduation certificate, he stretched out his hand and took it with a trembling hand. He squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, very good. You are the most learned woman in our family." Then he looked up at the little boy she brought back.

"Who is this child?"

Gui'er noticed that the Marshal could now speak fluently, unlike before when he would twist his mouth and struggle to speak, and would even stutter. She quickly said, "This is Big Brother's eldest son, Cheng Gang. You were the one who chose his name. Big Brother is too busy with official duties to take care of him, and he's not your wife's son. He was worried about the safety of the child, so he asked me to bring him back to the Marshal's residence to raise him."

Then he pushed the little boy forward and said, "Call me grandpa."

The little boy fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed three times loudly, and then said, "Hello, Grandpa. I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains." Needless to say, he had been taught by someone else. Gui'er felt that it was unlikely that Sha Yanyao would teach him so thoroughly, and it was very likely that Jinbao taught him himself.

It must be said that Jinbao is very good at controlling people's hearts. The Marshal saw it and said happily: "Good, good, good, grandson, you are really filial. Come back for dinner and sit at the same table with grandpa."

"Marshal, children at this age are very naughty, and you are not in good health. Why don't you let him live with me? I have sons and daughters in my courtyard and I have the most experience in taking care of children." The fourth concubine suddenly said.

"Marshal, the children in Fourth Sister's room are all grown up now. It would be better to put them in my yard. My two daughters are only a few years older than them, so they can play together." The fifth concubine, who always kept silent, interrupted.

"Why should I be the same as you? I also have daughters, and my two daughters are even younger than yours. Marshal, just leave them with me." The Sixth Concubine said unyieldingly.

"Marshal, why don't you let him stay with me? I don't have any children, and I will treat him as my own." The seventh concubine also joined the fight.

"You have bad intentions, Marshal. You know I have no son in this life and I like little boys the most. And you see how filial I have raised Sanmei. Chenggang is in my courtyard, and in the future I will definitely teach him to be filial to you only." The third concubine also spoke.

Guier knew that these concubines wanted to take the little boy to their own courtyard to raise him because the Marshal valued him so much. Then the share that the Marshal gave to the little boy would definitely fall into their own courtyard. So since he loved this eldest grandson so much, the share would definitely be quite a lot, and it would be a profitable job.

"Let's eat first. They must be hungry and tired after the journey back. Let's talk after dinner." The Marshal said slowly.

So everyone came to the restaurant, and the Marshal took Cheng Gang to his table.

Gui'er still sat at the children's table, but Sanmei and Sha Lili were both married, and she and the daughters of the fifth and sixth concubines had nothing to say to each other, so they ate in silence.

However, Guier discovered that the concubines were now sitting at the table where the Marshal and his sons usually sat, but the order was very strange.

The Marshal sat as the chairman, Sha Yanxiao and the eighth concubine sat on both sides of him, and the remaining seats were given to the other concubines. However, because the little boy was also arranged by the Marshal to sit at that table, the eighth concubine ended up sitting next to the little boy. It can be seen that the eighth concubine is now the most favored.